The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2019] QB 48
Sheffield City Council
v
Brooke
[2018] EWHC 1540 (QB)
2018 June 5–
7;
21
Males J
Contempt of court— Committal order— Civil contempt— Defence of another— Application to commit defendant protester to prison for breach of undertaking not to enter safety zones erected around trees intended for felling— Defendant claiming to have entered safety zone to defend another protester believing that she was being assaulted by security staff— Whether providing defence to application to commit— Whether civil or criminal test applying— Whether defence precluded where police officers present